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NC Medical Malpractice Lawsuit – IUD Inserted During Surgery Without Consent

October 26, 2017

A North Carolina woman filed a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit on September 21, 2017 against Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and others, alleging that during her surgery to remove uterine fibroids on October 5, 2007, when she was 29 years old, the defendant surgeon implanted a Gore-Tex[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Post-Verdict Amendment Of Medical Malpractice Verdict, Grants New Trial On Damages Only

July 22, 2017

In its opinion filed on June 20, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Appellate Court”) held that the trial court was within its discretion to set aside the jury verdict in a North Carolina medical malpractice case on the ground it was grossly inadequate but the trial court act[...]

Patient’s Fall From Operating Room Table Was Ordinary Negligence, Not Medical Malpractice

June 20, 2017

A North Carolina appellate court held in its decision filed on May 16, 2017 that the plaintiff’s fall from an operating room table at the beginning of her surgery was a claim of ordinary negligence, and not medical malpractice, and therefore she was not required to follow the procedures necess[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Shoulder Dystocia Case

May 30, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on May 2, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“North Carolina Appellate Court”) held that the trial judge did not commit error in refusing to allow the plaintiff’s biomedical engineering expert, who was not a licensed medical provider, fro[...]

North Carolina Supreme Court Determines Patient’s Arbitration Agreement With Surgeon Was Unenforceable Due To Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

January 30, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of North Carolina (“North Carolina Supreme Court”) held that an arbitration agreement provided by a surgeon to a new patient who signed it two weeks before his surgery was unenforceable due to the surgeon’s breach of fi[...]

Buying North Carolina Appellate Judges For North Carolina Medical Malpractice Reforms?

November 7, 2016

On the November 8, 2016 ballot in North Carolina is a North Carolina Supreme Court incumbent justice seeking to retain his appellate court position and his challenger who is seeking to unseat him. During this election cycle, there is only one North Carolina Supreme Court justice position in play. If[...]

North Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case For Noncompliance With Pleading Rule

January 13, 2016

By its decision filed on January 5, 2016, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit because the plaintiff had failed to follow a North Carolina Rule that requires that the medical [...]

$7.5M North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Colon Surgery

October 10, 2015

On September 30, 2015, after a two-week trial, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in the amount of over $7.5 million as a result of alleged negligent colon surgery that resulted in leaks that led to serious complications a[...]

North Carolina Judge Corrects Medical Malpractice Trial Error

March 18, 2015

A Henderson County, North Carolina judge entered an order earlier this month that restored a North Carolina medical malpractice jury’s original calculation of noneconomic damages for a medical malpractice plaintiff in the amount of $516,161 that the jury had reduced to $1 due to a faulty jur[...]

Neurologist Loses (Her Own) North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

January 7, 2015

A North Carolina neurologist filed a North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit against her former colleagues and the hospital where she used to work, alleging that she could no longer work after she received too much anesthesia during her own surgery. The neurologist, who no longer holds a medi[...]

North Carolina Hospital Loses Appeal Seeking To Hide Incident Report

December 26, 2014

In its opinion filed on December 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of North Carolina (“Supreme Court”) held that the defendant hospital was not shielded from providing the medical malpractice plaintiff with the results of its internal investigation into an operating room fire that seriously i[...]

One Dollar North Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 30, 2014

On September 25, 2014, after a seven-week medical malpractice trial, a North Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded the estate of a patient and her surviving husband only $1 against a defendant neurosurgeon whom the jury found to have been negligent in performing surgery on the woman –[...]

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